For every coach, especially the one up the road in Paris, that says we don't put defensive players in the NFL.
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"Jason Worilds, Lunch Pail Defense"
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Awesome
...just awesome
Saw that live
Had to replay it a couple times it was so awesome.
Yeah man
That is great.
I guess that was directed at me. Please remember that I have always said that Foster doesn't put defensive FRONT SEVEN starters into the NFL. Here are the numbers.
This season, James Anderson was the only front seven Hokie alumni to be an opening day starter in an NFL front 7. Cody Grimm is a safety.
Darryl Tapp and Jason Worilds have each starterd one game due to injuries, with Worilds starting due to an injury to Lamar Woodley. Neither would be considered a "solid starter" on the defensive line. Both are playing different positions in the NFL (Tapp as a nickle DT, and Worilds as an OLB)
Number of 5 star defensive line recruits for VT since Cornell Brown: 0
Number of 4 star DL recruits since Nathanial Adibi: 7: (Worilds, Lewis, Friday, Acree, McCray, Marshall, Harley)
Number of starts made by a Hokie defensive tackle in the NFL since 1996: 2 (both by Jonathan Lewis)
Since the switch from the wide tackle six to the gap defense, only two hokie DL have started games in the NFL (Tapp and Lewis.) Xavier Adibi hass been a "bit" player at best.
I love the team. I want them to win. But, if you don't think that the above information is used against the Hokies in recruiting to a negative impact, you need to ease off the bourbon.
"coach... up the road in Paris"
I didn't take that as directed toward anyone but Mike London (and staff).
No
Charlottesville, Virginia is Paris, France and the coach up there is Mike London, that's who it was directed at.
And I definitely can't argue with your numbers, however I couldn't help but to get excited when I heard Worilds' introduction to then think he along with Tapp could be the next generation of Hokie d-lineman in the NFL.
You are right..
Negative recruiting against our defense has been going on for some time. I remember reading maybe 10 years ago a story about another teams coach telling a player they could become the next Corey Moore but it would get them nowhere in the NFL. I was frustrated at the time and I'm sure it stills happens quite a bit. It has been my theory that Butch Davis stole a lot of defensive players from us using that method.
Legit
That video clip made my monday morning so much better...
French: never thought about the recruiting impacts like that before, good point (sucks, but good point)